My House in Damascus
An Inside View of the Syrian Revolution
Distributed for Haus Publishing
260 pages
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2 maps
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5 1/2 x 8 3/4
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© 2014
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
1. Worlds of Conflict and Harmony
2. Unescorted
3. Escorted
4. Nobody’s Poodle
5. Into the Unknown
6. The Dead Auntie
7. Insurance Against Fate?
8. Revelations
9. Friends and Brides
10. The Donkey Between Two Carrots
11. The Law and Educational Corruption
12. Completion and the Caretaker
13. No Return
14. Monasteries and Desperation
15. Thugs and Tamerlane
16. The Triumph of Asabiyya
17. Future Imperfect and Perfect
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Cast of Characters
A Note on the Choice of Charity
1. Worlds of Conflict and Harmony
2. Unescorted
3. Escorted
4. Nobody’s Poodle
5. Into the Unknown
6. The Dead Auntie
7. Insurance Against Fate?
8. Revelations
9. Friends and Brides
10. The Donkey Between Two Carrots
11. The Law and Educational Corruption
12. Completion and the Caretaker
13. No Return
14. Monasteries and Desperation
15. Thugs and Tamerlane
16. The Triumph of Asabiyya
17. Future Imperfect and Perfect
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Cast of Characters
A Note on the Choice of Charity
Review Quotes
Times Literary Supplement
“[W]ritten with the pace of a novel and the colour of the best travel writing. . . . [T]he book offers much more than a personal memoir: it is an eclectic but learned encyclopedia of Syrian history, of the Arabs and their language and traditions, of Islamic art and architecture, and more.”
Irish Times
“[My House in Damascus] glows with . . . an understanding of and affection for the peoples of Syria.”
Tablet: The International Catholic News Weekly
“Written with honesty, wit and affection.”
New Republic
“Darke’s powerful, moving new book . . . elegantly contrasts a real estate dream with Syria’s ongoing violent reality. . . . Her sensitive, knowing story captures a rare view of Syria and the stakes of the conflict from an up-close observer deeply versed in its culture.”
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